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Whalemaster: The Case for a New Ceremonial Position

(March 7, 2013) Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. —Benjamin Franklin As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, there... More

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Alarming Development: Whales Endanger Hamptons

(January 31, 2013) On Sunday, January 13, two dead whales came through the surf and beached in the Hamptons less than three hours... More

Fin whale in Napeague, photo Patricia Paladines

Whales’ Cause of Death Determined

(January 15, 2013) Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research completed necropsies and determined what caused two whales to beach in Amagansett and Napeague on Sunday. READ... More

David Elze (most of him) with the Pygmy Sperm Whale on Sunday, January 13 2013

Two Whales Beached in East Hampton Town

(January 15, 2013) Two whales washed up on two separate and nearby beaches in East Hampton Township only hours apart on Sunday. A... More

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Whale Graffiti Is All Over Sag Harbor and Police Are on the Case

(September 28, 2012) As was reported last week in this newspaper and others, late on a Friday night, someone apparently climbed the scaffolding... More

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The Hamptons Police Blotter: Ice Cream, Whales and Fires

(May 12, 2012) When a dead whale washed ashore in the Hamptons, Old Man McGumbus was called up to carry it off of... More